Da Negotiator
by digby
Trump said yesterday that he would “renegotiate” the Paris Climate accords which I saw some progressives saying wouldn’t be such a bad idea because it’s an inadequate plan. I got the impression that they thought he might “negotiate” a better one. That’s not going to happen. He believes “the Chinese” screwed us on the climate pact and he’s not having it.
Also, he doesn’t believe in climate change:
The concept of global warming was created by and for the Chinese in order to make U.S. manufacturing non-competitive.— Donald J. Trump (@realDonaldTrump) November 6, 2012
This very expensive GLOBAL WARMING bullshit has got to stop. Our planet is freezing, record low temps,and our GW scientists are stuck in ice— Donald J. Trump (@realDonaldTrump) January 2, 2014
Any and all weather events are used by the GLOBAL WARMING HOAXSTERS to justify higher taxes to save our planet! They don’t believe it $$$$!— Donald J. Trump (@realDonaldTrump) January 26, 2014
Trump’s criticism of China, although commonplace among Republican climate change deniers, is debatable. Chinese diplomats worked closely with White House officials in developing the Paris Agreement. Chinese investment in clean energy technology vastly outpaces that of the US, and some energy analysts think China could actually be on track to outperform the climate targets it agreed to in Paris.
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